Chap. 482.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 437 of an act enti-
tled an act to revise, arrange, and consolidate into a Code the gene-
ral statutes of the commonwealth.

Approved March 6, 1888.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That ;
section four hundred and thirty-seven of an act entitled an '
act to revise, arrange, and. consolidate into a Code the gene-
ral statutes of the commonwealth, be amended and re-enacted
so as to read as follows:

§ 437. That it shall be the duty of the several county, cor- |
poration, and hustings courts of the several counties and |
cities of this state, on or before the first day of January, in ‘
the year eighteen hundred and ninety, and every fifth year
thereafter, to appoint proper persons to assess the value of
all lands and lots, together with the improvements thereon, |
within their respective counties and corporations: provided
that there shall be but one assessor for each corporation,
except the city of Richmond, where there shall be three, and
for each county as many as there are commissioners of the
revenue for the same. And every person appointed such
assessor, shall be a resident of the county, corporation, and
district for which he is appointed. In those counties in
which two or more assessors are to be appointed, the court |
shall appoint one for each district in which there is a com-'
missioner of the revenue, and if at any time the court shall
be satisfied that any assessor appointed under this act will
not, or that from any cause he cannot perform the duties
devolved on him within the time prescribed, the court may
wholly supersede him and appoint another in his place, or
appoint one or more assistants to aid him in his duties, as
shall be deemed most expedient; but before any person thus
appointed, shall enter upon the duties of his office, he shall.
take the oath and execute the bond prescribed by the second
section.